A progress report: 6 done, one in progress, one yet to get started.
Click on any photo to see it larger, or go to my THROW page for links to the posts about the blankets.
From top left: a daisy throw for Miss E (now aged 11), a throw for a wizard for Master R (now aged 9), a single bedspread for Little Bro (aged 6), a Mandala bedspread for Little Miss M (aged 6), a throw each for the twins Twig and Twiglet (aged 6).
Work in progress:
A throw for Big Sister (aged 8)
Big Sister is having difficulty deciding what colours she would like, so I am making two Amanzis so that she can choose. The one on the left goes with the colours in her bedroom, but she absolutely loves rainbow colours. She is coming to stay with me next weekend so I hope she can decide which one she likes the best so that I can finish it for her birthday in April.
The remaining blanket will be for Big Bro (aged 8), he has had a hard job deciding what he would like.
His Little Bro has the Woodland blanket with Old Brown and Squirrel Nutkin on it, I did offer Big Bro the Karoo, but he said he didn’t like those colours, and he wanted stripes like Little Bro – excellent, we were making progress on what he would like.
Sometimes one has to go through lots of things you don’t like to discover what you do like (hmmm, yep… gosh that reminds me of relationships!).
Having seen the colours in the Amanzi 
he has decided he would like the rainbow colours, but with more blues.
Oh I do so love going through these design processes with my grandchildren. The satisfaction of making something they have had an input in is immense, and as a result they all absolutely love their blankets.
The blankets are a hug from Granny when I’m not there.
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All of these are so beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you so much Jewels. ❤
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How wonderful those throws are Sandra. No wonder the grandchildren love them
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Thank you Dorris. I had a lovely discussion with Big Bro this evening planning his blanket. He picked out his favourite blue (turquoise) and then he picked out his Dad’s favourite blue and said he also wanted that blue in his blanket to remind him of his Dad (my son) – heart-melting! ❤
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That is very sweet
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What a fabulous idea. They are just so gorgeous. My daughters have a blanket from their great grandmother. It was a fine welsh wool type that you can run through a wedding ring. Both girls were brought home from hospital in it and it was the comfort blanket for my youngest. It’s a lovely reminder of such a lovely grandmother. Good luck with your blankets. I wish I had 8 grandchildren. There’s time though 🙂 x
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Oh, how wonderful!! to have a blanket from a Great Grandmother – now that is special! ❤ Generation of love ❤ The blanket sounds beautiful.
I wish you many wonderful grandchildren – they are a joy indeed!
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Thank you! I really hope and pray they will come along one day. My girls are in their 20s and just starting out. I hope their path is a smooth one. Xx
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Oh yes, me too. May they have joy and happiness always!
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With the mutual input that goes on around their blankets I can well imagine how treasured they will be throughout the lives of your grandchildren. You conduct a marvelous process Sandra. And they all look so different it’s clear they belong to different people. I can’t wait to start my Amanzi – but I still haven’t selected all my colours yet 🙂
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I really do enjoy the conversations I have with the children. I always think it is important to give children the opportunity, experience and practice in making choices that are truly ‘them’!
Choosing colours is such a lovely process to savour and enjoy!
I do hope Jen Tyler’s style doesn’t drive you nuts!
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It probably will – I got my daughter to print out the pattern and she came back and said “Do you realise there are more than 60 pages in this thing – it’s a book!” I didn’t tell her it wasn’t the whole pattern ….. 🙂
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Yikes! Yes, I tried printing it out, but the font is huge and there are lots of photos so it does create masses of pages. Jen says that she doesn’t make her patterns print friendly as she hopes people will use her videos to follow the pattern. At least with the Amanzi, loads of people have made it and so many of the mistakes have been corrected by now.
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Sometimes it pays to come late to the party ….
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Yes indeed!
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They’re all amazing, I love the idea that they are all hugs from granny!
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Thank you Mrs Craft. ❤
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Oh, my word! A hug from Granny is right. And those hugs will keep them warm for many, many years. I still have and use crocheted blankets made by my grandmothers.
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How wonderful Laurie. My Granny made a simple blanket made of rows of double crochets for each of her 14 grandchildren, mine was green and yellow, I wish I still had it. I remember my brother’s was the colours of Liquorice Allsorts (do you have those sweets in the US), he kept his for longer and called it his Bab-bye-ya.
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Well that is an interesting name! No, we don’t have Liquorice Allsorts here. At least not that I have seen. Anyway, love the blankets from grandmothers and how they still keep us warm.
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Google images: https://www.google.com/search?q=liquorice+allsorts&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit7OS0kP_fAhUnShUIHYijBcYQ_AUIDigB&biw=1440&bih=738
xx
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You are an exceptional Grandma, I hope you realize how special this is!
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Awww! ❤ thank you Kathy. ❤
I do feel very lucky to have so many grandchildren living so close to me.
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Am loving the bright colours, and the thought that each is a hug when you’re not present to deliver one in person. 😘
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I love bright colours too Del, they cheer me up!
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What lucky grands to have a granny that is so in tune with them. I love all the colors and the intricate designs. I hope that one day they will know what a good artist you are. I am sure that right now they just feel the love.
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❤ It feels such a privilege to be able to encourage them in their own creativity by bringing their colour choices to life. There sure is a whole lot of love swirling around – defintely a two way street. 🙂 ❤
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What a great set of blankets and such variety. I have to admit, even as a rainbow lover I find the one on the right a bit much and prefer the one on the left.
Maybe your grandson would prefer something more like my spectrum group of colours. That had a third blue colours – Aspen, Cloud Blue, Turquoise, Aster, Royal, and I am making a new blanket with the same colours and have added in Sherbert so I now have Aspen, Sherbert, Cloud Blue, Turquoise, Aster, Royal, for the blue part.
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Thank you Jane for your list of blues – I think he will like that combination. I will go and look through your photos on your blog before I set up his blanket.
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This is probably the best post https://rainbowjunkiecorner.wordpress.com/notes-for-making-a-spectrum-granny-ripple-blanket/ and has a link to post with the. Stylecraft colours I used.
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Brilliant! Thank you. xx
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They’re all stunning and so clearly made with love. I, for one, would not be able to sleep under that very bright one, though. I like the colors the twins chose.
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I did have quite a bit of input to the twins’ choices. 😉
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such stunning projects; Tracey! If I were Big Sister, I would choose the version on the right – such a colourful rainbow!
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I think I would too Claire. 🙂
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I was just reading your post and thinking that, thank goodness, there are two babies due this year – to two of my nieces – and they will be far too young to have any input so I can do what I want.
Then I got to the bit where you said how satisfying it is for your grandkids to have some input and I thought, ‘well yes, that would be nice too’.
I’m not really Mrs. Selfish though – I made both of my daughters quilts for their 21st birthdays and they chose their own colours.
What I can say is – the blanket I’m going to crochet for baby of niece number one will be nowhere near as complicated as any of your lovelies.
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I always really love creative collaborations in art and yarn and the ideas of kids always inspires me. Although, I have to admit, that purple wizard blanket was a trial to make – I just did not like working with those colours.
It is such a good feeling to be able to make things that your adult children like isn’t it.
How lovely to have two new babies coming into the family soon. I enjoy simpler stripey patterns as a balance to the complicated ones.
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This is such a lovely concept, Sandra, and it’s nice to know they have been involved in the design process
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I do love the conversations that we have in the process.
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